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he said, i did put up a defense. it was the strong cross-examination that went on the last month of this trial. >> and i'm curious, did anyone expect the doctor to take the stand in his own defense at any point? >> i think that, you know, his defense attorney never said he would or he wouldn't, so we just didn't know. and today we learned that there was no one on the witness list. there was no one on the defense witness list, including gaznel and i think that defense attorney obviously felt that had his case in the cross-examination. he had a medical examiner on the stand who he was able to o get to say, i cannot definitely say ne of the fetuses were born alive. and maybe he felt that was the best he could do. >> lu ann, time line we are looking at, how much longer is this trial expected to go on? >> they are taking a break for the week because court wasn't in session on fridays anyway, so they will have closing arguments on monday. then it is expected to go to the jury on tuesday. >> lu ann cahn, thank you so much.
he said, i did put up a defense. it was the strong cross-examination that went on the last month of this trial. >> and i'm curious, did anyone expect the doctor to take the stand in his own defense at any point? >> i think that, you know, his defense attorney never said he would or he wouldn't, so we just didn't know. and today we learned that there was no one on the witness list. there was no one on the defense witness list, including gaznel and i think that defense attorney...
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. >> what we don't know is, was that a defensive measure or a suicidal measure? in other words, some sort of idea that if they come in to get us, we will create a wall of fire around the camp of good and -- camp of god and we will be caught up into heaven. now, as crazy as that sounds, there's scriptures that are in the prophets that koresh was aware of that say, i will make a wall of fire around you and save you. >> you don't kill yourself if you're a spiritual person. you can't take your own life. you can't expect salvation and squander the life you're given. and i don't believe that anyone inside set that fire. >> no, there's no plans for suicide at all. >> eight months after the blaze, the government's case against the branch davidians is brought to court. >> in san antonio today, the nightmare final hours of the branch davidian standoff came back to life, as the prosecution rested its case against 11 cult members accused of killing four federal agents last february. >> whyhere? >> to see there's justice. >> they were charged with conspiracy to murder federal
. >> what we don't know is, was that a defensive measure or a suicidal measure? in other words, some sort of idea that if they come in to get us, we will create a wall of fire around the camp of good and -- camp of god and we will be caught up into heaven. now, as crazy as that sounds, there's scriptures that are in the prophets that koresh was aware of that say, i will make a wall of fire around you and save you. >> you don't kill yourself if you're a spiritual person. you can't...
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the adhesive helps create a food seal defense for a clean mouth and kills bacteria for fresh breath. ♪ fixodent, and forget it. >>> breaking news out of texas on msnbc. we're getting reports of a large investigation team from the u.s. chemical safety board to the scene. what has been a massive fire and explosion at the west fertilizer plant, located in the town of west, texas. about 20 miles north of waco. we're also hearing that this team is going to be arriving some time thursday afternoon. we're going to talk about that right after this break. >>> welcome back to msnbc, and breaking news coming out of west in texas, right outside of waco, texas. our nbc news, gabe gutierrez on the ground there. gabe, you just got to the scene. tell us about what you're seeing and hearing. >> reporter: we're at a media staging area right off i-35. you mentioned near waco and west. this is a town that's devastated. more than 100 injuries. that's according to the texas department of public safety. other estimates put that number at much more, as we've been reporting. there are confirmed fatalities.
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and you reached out to the nra to hear their defense of why they did this. what was the nra's explanation to you? >> lawrence, i've been covering the national rifle association for 20 years. and they have never granted me an interview or given an on the record comment. i originally covered them for the village voice decades ago, and they're not interested in speaking to me. but i was able to speak to an explosive expert who owns a company that has traced explosives, and investigating explosives in use in the united states and saudi arabia. and he made it clear that taggens in these -- in gun powder would be effective in these kinds of cases. >> frank smyth, thank you very much for joining me tonight. >> you bet, lawrence. >>> coming up, more from president obama's speech at the cathedral in boston today. and a video review of what this city has endured this week. i have low testosterone. there, i said it. how did i know? well, i didn't really. see, i figured low testosterone would decrease my sex drive... but when i started losing energy and became moody...
and you reached out to the nra to hear their defense of why they did this. what was the nra's explanation to you? >> lawrence, i've been covering the national rifle association for 20 years. and they have never granted me an interview or given an on the record comment. i originally covered them for the village voice decades ago, and they're not interested in speaking to me. but i was able to speak to an explosive expert who owns a company that has traced explosives, and investigating...
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but then when i think he found out he was being investigated it became a very defensive thing. if they come and attack us, we're going to fight back. in the seven seals, you start to understand we are setting up the kingdom of god to an extent and that is to be protected. we were sheep, but at the same time, we weren't going to stand up to being run over and lied about. but we were definitely the sheep of god and the sheep of god don't fear the wolves. when you believe that you're on the right path, you don't really fear anything. so there kind of was an army mentality in the sense that our group is our group, and we fear god. we don't fear what man can do to us, we fear what god can do to us. >> there were individuals in the group who i am confident that if they had been told to get a gun and go out and kill people, they would have done it. i think vernon understood this. and i think that he cultivated a closer knit group of people around him who he felt were more loyal and more unquestioning. >> even though jesus said love your enemies and the idea of christianity is peace, i
but then when i think he found out he was being investigated it became a very defensive thing. if they come and attack us, we're going to fight back. in the seven seals, you start to understand we are setting up the kingdom of god to an extent and that is to be protected. we were sheep, but at the same time, we weren't going to stand up to being run over and lied about. but we were definitely the sheep of god and the sheep of god don't fear the wolves. when you believe that you're on the right...
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i did kill him in self-defense. it was a single shot and i got two guys. >> that moment for tim was a moment of pride. he did what he was trained to do, did it very effectively. >> i think tim's time at war, as short as it is, did teach him to kill. but then you start to see these people who are starving and suffering the effects of war and beginning to realize that the government is evil because it can go kill these innocent people. >> my overall experience in the gulf war taught me that these people were just that, they were people. they were human beings that even though they speak a different language, at the core they're no different than me, right? then i had to reconcile with that the fact that, well, i killed them. >> he couldn't believe that his government would be doing that and would be misleading people like him to do this. >> then after a failed tryout for the green berets, mcveigh quits the military, citing his mixed feelings about the government. >> in the gulf i realized i didn't like it. it just rub
i did kill him in self-defense. it was a single shot and i got two guys. >> that moment for tim was a moment of pride. he did what he was trained to do, did it very effectively. >> i think tim's time at war, as short as it is, did teach him to kill. but then you start to see these people who are starving and suffering the effects of war and beginning to realize that the government is evil because it can go kill these innocent people. >> my overall experience in the gulf war...
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. >>> secretary of defense chuck hagel arrived in israel on sunday for a week-long visit to the middle east. speaking in jerusalem, the secretary said the u.s. agenda is focused on deterring iran and hagel also reiterated what he called the special relationship between the united states and israel. >>> less than a week after the boston marathon bombings, a chicago teenager has been picked up for attempting to join a syrian jihadist military group. the police arrested 18-year-old abdella ahamd tounisi on charges of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization. >>> five people were killed in arizona over the weekend when their van flipped while being chased by border patrol agents. 22 people were in the suv at the time of the crash. >>> in china now, the search continues for survivors of last week's devastating earthquake. the government has so far confirmed more than 150 deaths and some 11,000 injured. >> engines start. liftoff. test mission from the pad. >>> and look at it go. it was a successful launch sunday for a new rocket carrying supplies to the inte
. >>> secretary of defense chuck hagel arrived in israel on sunday for a week-long visit to the middle east. speaking in jerusalem, the secretary said the u.s. agenda is focused on deterring iran and hagel also reiterated what he called the special relationship between the united states and israel. >>> less than a week after the boston marathon bombings, a chicago teenager has been picked up for attempting to join a syrian jihadist military group. the police arrested...
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i think it's the -- make sure i get it right, the national defense authorization act of 2012 that says a sudden can't be tried as an enemy combatant unless there are tangible links that connect them to enemy forces among them, al qaeda at this time. there is no evidence of that. the people who as you have heard just moments before say he should be at least at this time treated like an enemy combatant are those republicans, among them john mccain and lindsey graham. but there's others, they say basically he should be treated as an enemy combatant for now and then handed over to civilian authorities. the information we're learning about his inability to communicate right now throws a wrench into a lot of that. but on the other side, we heard today from the chairman of the intelligence committee of the house, mike rogers, and here is his perspective on why he should not be treated like an enemy combatant. >> he's a citizen of the united states. i think that brings all of the protections of the u.s. constitution. under the public safety exception, however, i do believe that the fbi has a p
i think it's the -- make sure i get it right, the national defense authorization act of 2012 that says a sudden can't be tried as an enemy combatant unless there are tangible links that connect them to enemy forces among them, al qaeda at this time. there is no evidence of that. the people who as you have heard just moments before say he should be at least at this time treated like an enemy combatant are those republicans, among them john mccain and lindsey graham. but there's others, they say...
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and let me say this in his wife's defense. remember that mark sanford came to her to ask her to run his campaign this time around. after publicly humiliating her with another woman. so for all of his alleged political genius, she may have been the real brains behind his campaign successes in the past. >> cynthia, you hit on, i think, the key point there about the genius of this operation. i think that's something a lot of republicans have recognized right out of the box. at the end of the day, republican voters in the primary voted for him twice. not once, but twice. >> in the runoff. >> in the runoff. first primary then the runoff. >> will they do it again despite all this nonsense? >> from what i'm hearing on the ground in south carolina -- >> will they vote for the woman candidate, the democrat? >> they either won't vote which will be like voting for ms. colbert busch or they will cross that aisle and vote for her. i think this poll again is very troublesome -- >> a lot of people tell me women are unlikely to vote for this
and let me say this in his wife's defense. remember that mark sanford came to her to ask her to run his campaign this time around. after publicly humiliating her with another woman. so for all of his alleged political genius, she may have been the real brains behind his campaign successes in the past. >> cynthia, you hit on, i think, the key point there about the genius of this operation. i think that's something a lot of republicans have recognized right out of the box. at the end of the...
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and does it want to let the defense department get into the drone business, if you will? it goes back to 9/11. after 9/11, the united states was attacked and needed a response. and we saw the cia becoming less of an intelligence agency and more of a paramilitary agency involving drones, involving missions to go out and find people and kill people. that has functioned for about the last ten years. will we see now a shift? going back to the cia, taking its traditional role of gathering intelligence, working with foreign intelligence agencies and shifting the lethal operations back to the military which is much more comfortable about talking about these things, where there are already established lines of oversight. >> pick up on that point a little bit. as you know, we have a new director of the cia, john brennan who in the past has advocated for that move from the cia to the d.o.d. do you think he still sees that as a valuable move now that he is the one in charge of the cia? >> well, it is an interesting question. he was in some ways the driving force behind this idea. i
and does it want to let the defense department get into the drone business, if you will? it goes back to 9/11. after 9/11, the united states was attacked and needed a response. and we saw the cia becoming less of an intelligence agency and more of a paramilitary agency involving drones, involving missions to go out and find people and kill people. that has functioned for about the last ten years. will we see now a shift? going back to the cia, taking its traditional role of gathering...
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not defense. they are designed and operated to assault, not defend. in plain english, they're assault weapons. so i'm going to take a small leap here and discuss how we should regulate similar weapons. each of the characteristics that i just discussed apply to the military style weapons that most democracies ban like machine guns, m-320 grenade launchers and ar-15s. those weapons like bombs don't belong on the streets. because there are no legitimate uses for them. and just like explosives, they sacrifice precision for maximum impact. you don't need an ar-15 to hunt. no responsible gun owner wants an a. >> reporter: r-15 to repel intruders from his apartment. they were used to mow down the kids in newtown and murder people at that movie theater in aurora, colorado. we're going to hear a lot about security after boston. when we talk about public safety, to me, bombs and assault weapons are pretty much the same. don't let the nra or their friends in d.c. tell you any differently. that does it "the cycle." martin, it's all yours. >> it's april 24th. the
not defense. they are designed and operated to assault, not defend. in plain english, they're assault weapons. so i'm going to take a small leap here and discuss how we should regulate similar weapons. each of the characteristics that i just discussed apply to the military style weapons that most democracies ban like machine guns, m-320 grenade launchers and ar-15s. those weapons like bombs don't belong on the streets. because there are no legitimate uses for them. and just like explosives,...
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this was set up by the government and it consists of members of the fbi, cia and defense department. they'll do the initial questioning. after that 48 hour or whatever how many hours of public safety exception expires, then the government will have to give the miranda warning, and of course what happens in many of these cases, certainly was true of the so-called underwear bomber, people continue to answer questions, he initially resisted, then decided to talk. fiez he will shahzad wanted to talk. they will proceed in court. this is controversial. some think they should be punished in military tribunal. it is complicated because he is an american citizen. the obama administration policy is civilian courts for terrorist acts in the united states. >> pete, how thick is the case law on this not using the miranda warning, how many instances of this do we have that have gone through the system? >> well, it has gone all the way to the supreme court, so there's no doubt that the public safety exception exists, the government has used it before. they exercise it at the beginning and again wit
this was set up by the government and it consists of members of the fbi, cia and defense department. they'll do the initial questioning. after that 48 hour or whatever how many hours of public safety exception expires, then the government will have to give the miranda warning, and of course what happens in many of these cases, certainly was true of the so-called underwear bomber, people continue to answer questions, he initially resisted, then decided to talk. fiez he will shahzad wanted to...
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> yes, secretary hagen completed his review and amazingly, it prompted proposal by the secretary of defense to change a portion of military law. it's not enough, but it's a good start. >> congresswoman, are you finding that the pentagon under chuck hagel, i know he hasn't been in office very long, he had a rocky confirmation process, do you have their attention? and are they responsive to your requests? >> they absolutely are. i don't think it could have gone anywhere near far enough. they say we have a zero tolerance policy and there's nothing like a zero tolerance policy going on out there. about you have increasing members of congress who are actively engaged in this conversation. recently a group of us were over at the pentagon meeting with the vice chiefs of staff at all levels, they are saying we're trying to change the culture. we're trying to change the training, we're trying to change our ability to talk about this. and part of what they need to do is change the number of prosecutions and laws. as anu said and you've heard, the military code of justice does not exactly follow civil
> yes, secretary hagen completed his review and amazingly, it prompted proposal by the secretary of defense to change a portion of military law. it's not enough, but it's a good start. >> congresswoman, are you finding that the pentagon under chuck hagel, i know he hasn't been in office very long, he had a rocky confirmation process, do you have their attention? and are they responsive to your requests? >> they absolutely are. i don't think it could have gone anywhere near far...
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in this case if it's determined his defense attorney can make the argument that the government wasn't a target here. he was just doing what his brother told him, so, therefore, the intent is not to blow up american citizens or it's not the government. it really is him just doing what he's told. obviously there's conspiracy. obviously there's federal charges and the fact that they were throwing bombs out the car at federal officers. so, the state and the federal court are both well equipped to handle both charges, both sets of charges. >> okay. karen desoto, kendall coffey, thank you both so much. >> thank you. >>> a fascinating backstory emerging this morning surrounding a boat parked in a driveway and how it provided the last chapter in the search for a terrorist. apital one, bjorn earns unlimited rewards for his small business. take these bags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjorn's small business earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth ] why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve unlimited
in this case if it's determined his defense attorney can make the argument that the government wasn't a target here. he was just doing what his brother told him, so, therefore, the intent is not to blow up american citizens or it's not the government. it really is him just doing what he's told. obviously there's conspiracy. obviously there's federal charges and the fact that they were throwing bombs out the car at federal officers. so, the state and the federal court are both well equipped to...
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the charges were dropped as the defense started presenting its case at the doctor's trial. he was accused or is accused of the overdose death of a patient and the deaths of seven babies, allegedly born alive. he still faces murder charges in the death of that patient. for babies, i should point out, the emotion associated with this case, apparently the court clerk cautioned the jury as well as two dozen or so journalists, bloggers and observers in the courtroom not to overreact when that ruling was read. the defense made the argument that there was not, quote, one piece of objective scientific evidence that anyone was born alive at the gosnell clinic. the judge went behind chamber doors. about 30 minutes later emerged with his ruling regarding some of the charges. so that is the latest information. some of the charges dropped against the abortion doctor in this highly watched trial out of philadelphia. homeland security secretary janet napolitano defended security procedures in place for asylum seekers at a hearing on immigration reform on capitol hill today. her testimony
the charges were dropped as the defense started presenting its case at the doctor's trial. he was accused or is accused of the overdose death of a patient and the deaths of seven babies, allegedly born alive. he still faces murder charges in the death of that patient. for babies, i should point out, the emotion associated with this case, apparently the court clerk cautioned the jury as well as two dozen or so journalists, bloggers and observers in the courtroom not to overreact when that ruling...
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this was set up by the government and it consists of members of the fbi, cia and defense department. they'll do the initial questioning. and then after that 48-hour or whatever, how many hours of the public safety exception expires, then the government will have to give him the miranda warning and, of course, what happens in many of these cases, it certainly was true of the so-called underwear bomber, people continue to answer questions. mutallab initially resisted, then decided to talk. faisal shahzad wanted to talk. they will proceed in court. this will be somewhat controversial. as you know, there are some republicans in congress who think that terrorist acts should be punished in a military tribunal. it is complicated because he is an american citizen. the obama administration policy is civilian courts for terrorist acts in the united states. >> pete, how thick is the case law on this not using the miranda warning, how many instances of this do we have that have gone through the system? >> well, it has gone all the way to the supreme court, so there's no doubt that the public saf
this was set up by the government and it consists of members of the fbi, cia and defense department. they'll do the initial questioning. and then after that 48-hour or whatever, how many hours of the public safety exception expires, then the government will have to give him the miranda warning and, of course, what happens in many of these cases, it certainly was true of the so-called underwear bomber, people continue to answer questions. mutallab initially resisted, then decided to talk. faisal...
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that was legally answered in the national defense authorize act of 2012 which specifically bars trying american citizens in military tribunals. >> now, pete, there is -- there is some doubt that we will have the charges made officially released today. why? >> i don't know the exact why. we'll know here a little while. we expected them saturday. we expected them sunday. we'll see whether we get them today. there's still some issues they're trying to resolve here. and i just don't know specifically what they are. at first i thought it was merely a drafting issue. but i think it's clearly beyond that. i don't know if it's a legal question. i don't know if it's an evidentiary issue of what they're trying to put into the complaint. we'll just have to wait and see. >> and one more piece of information that's been floating around. his mother has claimed the fbi made contact with one or both of the tsarnaev brothers before thursday night. any truth to this? >> everybody i've talked to, including the fbi, says none whatsoever. >> so these are just his mother making claims that -- unsubstantiate
that was legally answered in the national defense authorize act of 2012 which specifically bars trying american citizens in military tribunals. >> now, pete, there is -- there is some doubt that we will have the charges made officially released today. why? >> i don't know the exact why. we'll know here a little while. we expected them saturday. we expected them sunday. we'll see whether we get them today. there's still some issues they're trying to resolve here. and i just don't...
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informed dzhokhar tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect, of his rights to counsel, and there was actually defense counsel present. my question to you is he was apprehended friday night. he has been in and out of consciousness as far as we can tell. he has a throat wound, so he is writing things down. the administration has made use of a public safety exception in not reading him his rights. and i want to read from a memo in 2010 that went out to the fbi from the justice department that says there may be exceptional cases in which although all relevant public safety questions have been asked, are there other plots, other bombs, et cetera, agents nonetheless conclude unwarranted investigation is necessary to collect timely intelligence in the government's interest in obtaining this outweighs with proceeding with unwarranted interrogation. don, do you think this was an -- a judicious use of this asserted authority in this case? >> i think it is. i think this was appropriate in this case, because it's not just what is the immediate threat around boston. it's also the larger threat that this person ma
informed dzhokhar tsarnaev, the 19-year-old suspect, of his rights to counsel, and there was actually defense counsel present. my question to you is he was apprehended friday night. he has been in and out of consciousness as far as we can tell. he has a throat wound, so he is writing things down. the administration has made use of a public safety exception in not reading him his rights. and i want to read from a memo in 2010 that went out to the fbi from the justice department that says there...
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in the end, the best defense against a lone wolf always will be friends, family, people in the community who say something's wrong with this person, they're going bad. it is the old see something, say something, call the cops right away. >> senator joe lieberman, i got to leave it there. a man who's basically one of the founders of the homeland security department. always good to have your perspective on. >> good to be with you. >>> cities across the country on high alert this morning. we've seen it here in washington outside the white house, pennsylvania avenue's once again closed to pedestrians as president obama promises to hunt down whoever is responsible. former obama senior advisor david axelrod will join me next. acceler-rental. at a hertz expressrent kiosk, you can rent a car without a reservation... and without a line. now that's a fast car. it's just another way you'll be traveling at the speed of hertz. if you've got it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and man, you know how that feels. copd includes emphysema and chronic bronchitis. spiriva is a once-daily inhaled copd
in the end, the best defense against a lone wolf always will be friends, family, people in the community who say something's wrong with this person, they're going bad. it is the old see something, say something, call the cops right away. >> senator joe lieberman, i got to leave it there. a man who's basically one of the founders of the homeland security department. always good to have your perspective on. >> good to be with you. >>> cities across the country on high alert...
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>> it may in terms of the defenses that get raised, particularly around mitigation. assuming for a second that the federal charges and the government is seeking the death penalty, likely the defense team would argue around mitigation, that somehow he was improperly influenced by the brother. you know, the government i suspect will show significant evidence to combat that type of defense of mitigation around influence of the older brother. >> when you look at how this all went down, all of the agencies working together, anything you look at and say, if i had this to do over again in terms of organization, i would do this differently? >> well, from my perspective looking at it from the outside in, it seems to me that all the things were put in place post 9/11 as relates to collaboration and cooperation. the efforts of the joint terrorism task force and the anti-terrorism advisory council and all the training that's gone in place since 9/11 seems to work -- seemed to work out exceptionally well. also in terms of engaging the public. they engaged the public and the publi
>> it may in terms of the defenses that get raised, particularly around mitigation. assuming for a second that the federal charges and the government is seeking the death penalty, likely the defense team would argue around mitigation, that somehow he was improperly influenced by the brother. you know, the government i suspect will show significant evidence to combat that type of defense of mitigation around influence of the older brother. >> when you look at how this all went down,...
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i'm not speaking in defense of him. i share her frustration. >> i share her frustration too. we don't have to go back, though, to 1965. go back to 2007. go back to 2008. george w. bush had an approval rating in the low 30s. he had 78% of americans against the -- he had nancy pelosi as a speaker of the house. george w. bush -- i know the bush library is opening up -- this is a study of contrast. the statement that it's better to be feared than loved is born out in the examples of george w. bush and barack obama, because legislators knew that george w. bush was going to get his way or he was going to beat them up. bush, time and time and time again in 2007 and 2008, when his approval ratings were at their lowest, he got what he wanted because congressman or a senator in either party knew that -- >> and barack obama got it on health care. not a different human being. >> that they would be destroyed if they didn't give bush what he wanted, that he was going to use everything he could use in his arsenal to get what he needed. >> we don't disagree. i feel this and i share your frus
i'm not speaking in defense of him. i share her frustration. >> i share her frustration too. we don't have to go back, though, to 1965. go back to 2007. go back to 2008. george w. bush had an approval rating in the low 30s. he had 78% of americans against the -- he had nancy pelosi as a speaker of the house. george w. bush -- i know the bush library is opening up -- this is a study of contrast. the statement that it's better to be feared than loved is born out in the examples of george w....
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the defense intelligence agency says alarms went off tuesday at a mail facility at bowling air base indicating the possible presence of dangerous toxins. tests found no specific packages, but they are taking more samples. so, while questions about information sharing in boston and the head scratching turn of events in mississippi are two separate stories, they don't do much to bolster the sense of intelligence improvements in post 9/11 america. >>> let's move to the biggest campaign news of the week. yesterday should have been a high five day for the republican party in its quest to pick up the six senate seats they need to win the majority in 2014. max baucus announced unexpectedly he's retiring, giving republicans a prime pick-up opportunity in a state where obama won just 42% of the vote in 2012 and if republicans are going to put the senate in play in 2014, their path goes through the midwest and mountain west region where -- make republican shots on payer of a hat trick look pretty good. but republicans have to win a minimum of two of those three seats to be in the game for the majority a
the defense intelligence agency says alarms went off tuesday at a mail facility at bowling air base indicating the possible presence of dangerous toxins. tests found no specific packages, but they are taking more samples. so, while questions about information sharing in boston and the head scratching turn of events in mississippi are two separate stories, they don't do much to bolster the sense of intelligence improvements in post 9/11 america. >>> let's move to the biggest campaign...
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what's acceptable in the national defense system and preventing further tragedies perpetrated on the american public is that we do things properly and we get to truth and justice. sometimes that takes a long time. in the atlanta bombing, which was a very serious event regarding the olympics, it took a long time and frankly when we finally apprehended the individual, there was a lot of fatigue in the system. i think the system outlasted the perpetrator in that situation and we got to a place of justice. >> all right. former attorney general john ashcroft, thank you very much for your insight this morning. >> delight to be with you. thank you very much. keep up the good work. >> thank you. up next, today's business headlines with cnbc's brian shactman. keep it here on "morning joe." i'm with clemmie, who is looking to save to help make ends meet. what if you could save over $500 bucks a year by changing one small thing? yeah, let's do it! let's do it. the average fast food breakfast can run you over $4 a meal per person. i know. walmart has a ton of breakfast options. a meal like this
what's acceptable in the national defense system and preventing further tragedies perpetrated on the american public is that we do things properly and we get to truth and justice. sometimes that takes a long time. in the atlanta bombing, which was a very serious event regarding the olympics, it took a long time and frankly when we finally apprehended the individual, there was a lot of fatigue in the system. i think the system outlasted the perpetrator in that situation and we got to a place of...
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are they going on put back funding for defense, for national security, for the justice department, to try to deal with bomb threats. and i think these are all of these things, you never king predict in politics what will happen. beyond the human resilience, we have seen in boston, and -- in the scenes in boston just so captivating, there is a political angle here. after the fact. and i think that's where we have to -- what we have to pay attention to. >> yeah. robert is right. we are going to see a lot of political ramifications but to get back to your gorgeous montage, it would be tragic if what came out of all of that unity and what came out of one of the -- one of the cradles of liberty, philadelphia has claim to it, too, is less liberty and -- more fear and less tolerance of diversity. there is a beautiful picture of an african-american mother and daughter leaving flowers on the doorstep of the family of martin richard in dorchester. i know i'm not saying it correctly with a boston accent. you know, given the history of race relations there, was a very moving symbol of exactly wha
are they going on put back funding for defense, for national security, for the justice department, to try to deal with bomb threats. and i think these are all of these things, you never king predict in politics what will happen. beyond the human resilience, we have seen in boston, and -- in the scenes in boston just so captivating, there is a political angle here. after the fact. and i think that's where we have to -- what we have to pay attention to. >> yeah. robert is right. we are...
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we're seeing trofrt r -- they're saying dzhokhar tsarnaev should be denied a defense attorney. what is the white house saying about this criticism. >> reporter: well, look, the white house believes that he should basically be tried as a citizen. he is an american citizen so they believe he should be tried in a civilian court. that is what they're saying at the point in time. as pete has been discussing all afternoon, he's going to be given the public safety option meaning he won't have his miranda rights read and be questioned for a pier idea of time. those law make rs are calling for him to be put into the class of enemy combatant which goes along with all of the things you just mentioned. they would like to see him treated essentially to give law enforcement officials more time to question him making the argument that he really is a danger in this case. so that is what they are arguing, as you point out the politics had been sort of put on the back burner for a time, chris. yesterday you hear the bipartisan praises of how this entire situation had been handled and now we're g
we're seeing trofrt r -- they're saying dzhokhar tsarnaev should be denied a defense attorney. what is the white house saying about this criticism. >> reporter: well, look, the white house believes that he should basically be tried as a citizen. he is an american citizen so they believe he should be tried in a civilian court. that is what they're saying at the point in time. as pete has been discussing all afternoon, he's going to be given the public safety option meaning he won't have...
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i was a lawyer and we did some criminal, we did some defense work for doctors. and we'd say, 90% of your problem is a communication problem. from the very beginning, you would sit there and tell your patients what's going on, why it's happening and explain it to them. they would you know, you'd build a better relationship. >> i've heard from several members of congress that cannot understand scientists when they come to present their work to them and look for funding. why would you give money to somebody who's work you don't understand? doesn't make sense. what we do, we don't normally -- improvisation is an innovative way to help them relate to the people they're talking to, so that gets a lot of attention because it's innovative. we also teach writing and what we're trying to do is make it clear and vivid. not dumb it down. not make it oversimplified, but make it so that you, for instance, we started a contest called flame challenge where scientists around the world were invited to explain what a flame was so an 11-year-old could understand it. and thousands o
i was a lawyer and we did some criminal, we did some defense work for doctors. and we'd say, 90% of your problem is a communication problem. from the very beginning, you would sit there and tell your patients what's going on, why it's happening and explain it to them. they would you know, you'd build a better relationship. >> i've heard from several members of congress that cannot understand scientists when they come to present their work to them and look for funding. why would you give...
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there's a law called the national defense act of 2012 that says specifically u.s. citizens cannot be tried in military tribunals. they're arguing he should be questioned as an enemy combatant and then turned over to the civilian justice system. i don't think this will change their view. and, of course, what the fbi says is this is what he has told them. but they have to now verify this. and of course, they are working to do that. >> all right. nbc justice correspondent pete williams. once again, thank you very much. >> you bet. >> and eugene robinson, thank you, as well. we'll be reading your column in the "washington post." >> and let me ask you quickly. are you surprised your home state of south carolina won on this background check issue is an 86/12 proposition? >> i am not surprised. i am floored. i know that district. and look at it on the map. i mean, if it's 86/12 in that district, then this ought to be over. and politicians ought to take a look at that because that's a very, very conservative swath of the state. and there you have the numbers. it's incredib
there's a law called the national defense act of 2012 that says specifically u.s. citizens cannot be tried in military tribunals. they're arguing he should be questioned as an enemy combatant and then turned over to the civilian justice system. i don't think this will change their view. and, of course, what the fbi says is this is what he has told them. but they have to now verify this. and of course, they are working to do that. >> all right. nbc justice correspondent pete williams. once...